Bad Herrenalb

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Bad Herrenalb
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bad Herrenalb
Bad Herrenalb (Germany)
Bad Herrenalb
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Karlsruhe
District Calw
Mayor Norbert Mai
Basic statistics
Area 33.03 km² (12.8 sq mi)
Elevation 365 m  (1198 ft)
Population 7,489  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 227 /km² (587 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate CW
Postal code 76332
Area code 07083
Website www.badherrenalb.de

Coordinates: 48°48′02″N 08°26′27″E / 48.80056, 8.44083

Bad Herrenalb is a small town in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 15 km east of Baden-Baden, and 22 km southwest of Pforzheim.

The town grew up around Herrenalb Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1148 and dissolved in the Reformation.

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